Breakdown of از کمانچه خوشم میآید؛ آن نوازنده را که داشت کمانچه میزد دیدم.
آن
that
ازaz
from
داشتنdâshtan
to have
دیدنdidan
to see / to watch
راrâ
definite direct object marker
کهke
that (conjunction)
زدنzadan
to hit / to play (an instrument) / to apply (a coating) / to put on (a tie/accessory)
خوش آمدنkhosh âmadan
to like / to be pleasing (used with 'az' and pronominal enclitics)
نوازندهnavâzande
musician
کمانچهkamânche
kamancheh
Questions & Answers about از کمانچه خوشم میآید؛ آن نوازنده را که داشت کمانچه میزد دیدم.
Why does the Farsi sentence use ke to say "playing"?
Farsi doesn't use participle forms like the English "-ing" after verbs of perception (seeing, hearing). Instead, it uses a pseudo-relative clause introduced by ke. You are literally saying "I saw that musician who was playing."
Why is the verb for "playing" in the past continuous (dâsht... mizad)?
Because the main verb didam (I saw) is in the past tense. To show that the musician was in the middle of playing at the exact moment you saw them, the ongoing action requires the past continuous tense inside the ke clause.
Why is the object marker râ placed before ke rather than at the end of the clause?
The direct object of didam (I saw) is just ân navâzande (that musician). The specific object marker râ attaches directly to the core noun phrase it marks. The ke clause then follows to describe that marked object.
I know miyâyad means "comes," so how does az kamânche khosham miyâyad mean "I like the kamancheh"?
This is a common psychological verb construction you've likely seen before. az [X] khosh-[suffix] miyâyad literally translates to "my pleasure comes from [X]." The enclitic pronoun -am attaches to khosh to indicate who is experiencing the pleasure.
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